Thought i'd pop a post up of my latest (well 2 months ago) purchase
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I call it the colonel in deference to the reg plate (KFC) there are many chicken jokes to come trust me
It was up on here in the ebay section a couple of months back but i'd already bought it by then, to answer a few of the easy questions -
I paid 4grand for it, yes i could of bought a merc for 2.5G but then i'd own a frikken merc FFS, i dont want a V6 with leaking injectors or a 5pot with twin turbos and leaking injectors, i wanted a ford with a low millage engine 59K (replacemnet)
a box i can stand up in (6f3 in the wilker body as opposed to the 6Ft in the merc WAS bodied conversions)
i wanted the simpler and less power hungry phoenix managment system (4 amps on standby 2 when asleep as opposed to the WAS conversions genisys system with its 12A on standby no idea what they draw when asleep),
the tail lift was already removed and trust me that's a pain in the arse of a job i'd rather pay the last owner to do (and i did in a way),
also payed him (in the prurhase price) to remove the dam batenburgs! another pain in the arse job, also it has a half decent paint job so all in given the work i didn't have to do and the parts the last owner put into it i was more than happy with the price i paid.
Walk round vid here
https://youtu.be/8mAUKoGdfb4small follow up here of the managment system
https://youtu.be/-1SFeYeZrksP.S the YT name is cos it was ment to be my metal detecting channel but been busy caring for pensioners for the last 6 years hense my dissapearance from the web (some may remember me? if you do Halloo chaps)
Things to do ? evrything ! i'm waiting on the V5 back from DVLA with change of tax class to PHGV so i can tax it and get it home, i picked totaly the wronge time to send owt to DVLA as it's been 6 weeks and not only isn't it done but they wont communicate through email about it due to lack of staff (understandable given the current crisis) hohum it'll be back home soon i hope!
I have a Cmax steering wheel and hopefully will be getting the BCM sorted to use the CC at some point, i'll possably visit vantuner with it cos i also want the BCM in my fusion updating to use the spec 2 info dash from my fiesta i'm breaking, no idea if he can do that not even contacted him yet? all still in the planning stage till we can all get about again ???
I have speed and direction controls for the roof fans, they are bloody noisy and way too fast at the mo to be running all day/night so i intend to control them with PWM controlers form ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-9-60V-12V ... Sw~AFdnFNLI'll be simplifying the charging sytsem (well sort of), at the mo it uses a 3 way battery isolator (alt in - 3 curcuits out) to seperate and charge 3 battery banks, vehical-phoenix system- tail lift, i have a Dc to Dc charger to replace that that also takes solar input so i will have just the 2 battery banks, camper and vehical with the camper bank charged by solar (400w) and alt when on the move, the B to B charger will also float charge the vehical battery from solar when the camper battery bank is full and handle the 40A charge when on the move, this is made easyer cos when orderd new the base vehical was orderd to euro 4 standard so no DPF or smart charge, nice of them
Speaking of when new, the base vehical was a chassis cowl not chassis cab, it was converted by wilker for use in Ireland, the speedo was in Km and it reached 188Km before decomissioning, it then went to a driver training school in Bolton where it had a new engine fitted at some point (from what i can mke out from invoices and contacting the driving school) and a MPH dash fitted and programed at a local ford dealer, that's about all the history i have at the moment, i am in contact with my local amby service center but again they are a bit busy at the mo but a great bunch of blokes i've know for a few years and i have a few mates who sub for LAR and use the same managment system in their trucks so i'm slowly gaining knolledge on it.
I'll keep this thead updated as i go but it will be slow till i get the V5 back and the colonel comes home so i can play !
If anyone is interested i'll put up a list of what i use when i get it ?
i use renogy PV pannels and B2B+solar charger, mainly due to recomendation on YT and i got a 10% off offer (5% more than standard) when i enquired so coant grumble really.
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